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United States Patent | 5,178,023 |
Domke ,   et al. | January 12, 1993 |
For sealing off overpressure valves of packaging containers, a small quantity of liquid sealant is introduced into a valve. To check whether such valve has been equipped with sealant, the sealant is heated, prior to introduction into the valve, to a temperature that is elevated compared with ambient temperature. After that the valve is checked for a temperature difference with a heat sensor, which causes valves not equipped with sealant to be rejected. The sealant is heated immediately prior to its application to a valve, in a nozzle delivering it.
Inventors: | Domke; Klaus (Ditzingen, DE); Gaukler; Fritz (Stuttgart, DE) |
Assignee: | Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, DE) |
Appl. No.: | 648108 |
Filed: | January 31, 1991 |
Mar 14, 1990[DE] | 4008097 |
Current U.S. Class: | 73/865.9; 250/342 |
Intern'l Class: | G01J 001/00 |
Field of Search: | 73/168,865.8,865.9 209/509,513,524,536,576-578 250/301,304,338.5,342 29/407 222/146.2,146.5,154 |
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